'Good moment for democracy': UT historian says there is precedent of presidents stepping aside

AUSTIN (KXAN) – A University of Texas at Austin historian said there is a “long American tradition of [presidents] stepping aside.”

Jermy Suri, a professor of History and Public Affairs at UT Austin, told KXAN President Joe Biden’s choice to withdraw from his 2024 reelection campaign is not aberrant. From as early as George Washington’s choice not to run for a third term when there were no term limits to Lyndon B. Johnson stepping aside in 1968, Suri said there are several examples throughout...